Question Bank No: 2

1. One of the most resistant biological material is

 a)Lignin
 b)Hemicellulose
 c)Lignocellulose
 d)Sporopollenin

2. Pollination by snails and slugs is

 a)Ornithophily
 b)Chiropterophily
 c)Entomophily
 d)Malacophily

3. The phenomenon of pollen grains being transferred to stigma by air is called

 a)Anemophily
 b)Entomophily
 c)Zoophily
 d)Malacophily

4. Somaclonal varations are the ones

 a)caused by mutagens
 b)produced during tissue culture
 c)Induced during sexual embryogeny
 d)Caused by gamma rays

5. Roots are used in vegetative propagation of

 a)Ginger
 b)Chrysanthemum
 c)sweet potato
 d)potato

6. Grafting is not possible in monocots as they

 a)Lack cambium
 b)Are herbacous
 c)Have scattered vascular bundles
 d)Have parallel venation

7. Movement of pollen tube towards embryo sac is

 a)Thermotactic
 b)Phototactic
 c)Chemotactic
 d)Thigmotactic

8. In angiosperms, triple fusion is required for formation of

 a)Embryo
 b)Endosperm
 c)Euspensor
 d)Fruit wall

9. Milky water of green coconut is

 a)Liquid chalaza
 b)Liquid nucellus
 c)Liquid endosperm
 d)Liquid female gametophyte

10. Entry of pollen tube through micropyle is

 a)Chalazogamy
 b)Mesogamy
 c)Porogamy
 d)Pseudogamy

11. In angiosperms, syngamy or fertilization refers to

 a)Fusion of a sperm with secondary nucleus
 b)Fusion of a sperm with oosphere
 c)Fusion of one sperm with egg and other with secondary nucleus
 d)Fusion of one of the sperms with a synergid

12. Famous embryologist of India who also advanced the science of morphology and tissue cuture in India is

 a)P. Maheshwari
 b)T.S.Sadasivan
 c)Swaminathan
 d)Ramdas

13. Chromosome number in a flowering plant can be

 a)Haploid, diploid and polyploid
 b)Haploid and diploid
 c)only diploid
 d)only haploid

14. In orthotropous ovule, the micropyle and chalaza are

 a)parallel to funiculus
 b)At right angles to funiculus
 c)Oblique angle to funiculus
 d)In straight line with funiculus

15. Ovules of capsella and pisum sativum are

 a)Orthotropous
 b)Anatropous
 c)Amphitropous
 d)Campylotropous

16. Ovule is inverted with body fused to funicle, micropyle lying close to hilum and facing the placenta. It is

 a)Hemitropous
 b)Orthotropous
 c)Anatropous
 d)Campylotropous

17. Ovule is curved and the embryo sac is horse-shoe shaped. Micropyle, chalaza and funicle occur near one another. The ovule is

 a)Campylotropous
 b)Amphitropous
 c)Orthotropous
 d)Anantropous

18. Polygonum type of embryo sac/female gametophyte of angiosperms is

 a)7-celled, 7-nucleate
 b)7-celled, 8-nucleate
 c)8-celled, 7-nucleate
 d)8-celledd, 8-nucleate

19. The point of attachment of funicie with the body of the ovule is

 a)Nucellus
 b)Chalaza
 c)Micropyle
 d)Hilum

20. Study of formation, growth and development of new individual from an egg is

 a)Apomixis
 b)Embryology
 c)Embryogeny
 d)Cytology

21. Anthesis means

 a)Growth of pollen tube inside the carpel
 b)Dehiscence of anthers
 c)opening of floral bud
 d)emergence of anthers

22. How many pollen mother cells will form 1000 pollen grains

 a)200
 b)250
 c)300
 d)100

23. Pollen grain is

 a)Partially developed male gametophyte
 b)Spore mother cell
 c)Male sperm cell
 d)Female gametophyte

24. When the pollen tube enters the ovule through the integuments, the phenomenon is known as

 a)Isogamy
 b)Porogamy
 c)Mesogamy
 d)Chalazogamy

25. In animals, chalones are substances responsible for

 a)Regeneration
 b)Ageing
 c)Development
 d)Parthenogenesis

26. Growth rate in childhood is controlled by

 a)Thymosine
 b)Thyroxine
 c)Progesterone
 d)Oestrogen

27. Branch of biology dealing with agening is

 a)Gerontology
 b)Psychobiology
 c)Kalology
 d)Dermatology

28. According to immunity theory, ageing is due to

 a)Accumulation of errors
 b)Reduced functioning of endocrine glands
 c)Degeneration of thymus
 d)Accumulation of waste products

29. The ability of animals to regenerate lost part was first reported by

 a)Patten
 b)Trembley
 c)Storer
 d)Carison

30. In an agening person, there is a

 a)Increase in mucopolysaccharide cement of connective tissue
 b)Gradual alteration in components of connective tissue
 c)Increasing collagen rigidity of connective tissue
 d)Both B and C

31. Oogenesis consists of

 a)Multiplication phase
 b)Growth phase
 c)Maturation phase
 d)All the above

32. Preparation of sperm before penetration of ovum is

 a)Spermation
 b)Coition
 c)Insemination
 d)Capacitation

33. Part of sperm involved in penetrating egg membrane is

 a)Tail
 b)Acrosome
 c)Allosome
 d)Autosome

34. In the development of Frog, gastrulation is followed by

 a)Invagination
 b)Emboly
 c)Epiboly
 d)All the above

35. Migration and rearrangement of cells during embryo development occur in

 a)Epiboly
 b)Emboly
 c)Involution
 d)Gastrulation

36. Total cleavage is possible in eggs

 a)Isolecithal
 b)Mesolecithal
 c)Oligolecithal
 d)Telolecithal

37. In a mammalian sperm, spirally arranged mitochondria around an axial filament occurs in

 a)Middle piece
 b)Head
 c)End piece of tail
 d)Principal piece of tail

38. Sertoli cells occur in

 a)Human testis
 b)Frog testis
 c)Human ovary
 d)Frog ovary

39. Middle piece of mammalian sperm possesses

 a)Mitochondria and centriole
 b)Mitochondria only
 c)Centriole only
 d)Nucleus and mitochondria

40. Enzyme hyaluronidase is synthesised in

 a)Head of sperm
 b)Golgi bodies of acrosome
 c)Lysosome of acrosome
 d)Tail of sperm

41. Cowper's glands are found in

 a)Male mammals
 b)Female mammals
 c)Male amphibians
 d)Female amphibians

42. Clupein protein occurs in

 a)Human sperms
 b)Avian sperms
 c)Human ova
 d)Avian ova

43. Graafian follicles are found in

 a)Testis of mammal
 b)Ovary of frog
 c)Ovary of cockroach
 d)Ovary of mammals

44. Testosterone is produced by

 a)Acinar cells
 b)Graafian follicles
 c)Leydig's cells
 d)Hepatic cells

45. Acrosome reaction in sperm is triggered by

 a)Capacitation
 b)Release of lysin
 c)Influx of Na+
 d)Release of fertilizin

46. In telolecithal egg the yolk is found

 a)All over the egg
 b)On one side
 c)Both the side
 d)Centre

47. Polar bodies develope during the formation of

 a)Spermatogonia
 b)Ova
 c)Oogonia
 d)Sperms

48. In centrolectithal eggs, the cleavage is

 a)Equal holoblastic
 b)Unequal holoblastic
 c)Meroblastic discoidal
 d)Meroblastic superficial

49. Enzyme secreted by sperm is

 a)Sperm trypsin
 b)Sperm lysin
 c)Male hormone
 d)Sperm gastrin

50. 100 spermatozoa and 100 mature ova are formed by

 a)50 secondary spermatocytes and 50 secondary oocytes
 b)25 secondary spermatocytes and 25 secondary oocytes
 c)25 primary spermatocytes and 25 primary oocytes
 d)25 primary spermatocytes and 100 primary oocytes